US: Report Finds U.S. Slow to Stop Gun Traffickers

[LHF NEWS]

Houston Chronicle, 19 Jun 2009 - For years, Mexico's drug cartels killed with reckless abandon using high-powered guns purchased in Texas, but only now, with thousands dead and the threat of violence spilling onto American soil, is the U.S. enlisting a comprehensive strategy to stop weapons traffickers, contends a new federal report. About 87 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico over the past five years that were traced back to their original owners were purchased in the United States, it finds.

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